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Old 03-03-2010, 11:42 PM   #94 (permalink)
RobertSmalls
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Well, you're going with a fiberglass monocoque. I'm still planning to try skin-on-frame construction. I am going to try to get parabolic curves out of 1"x.125" Al bar stock, probably riveted or screwed together. The plan is to strip down the car and lay up a frame on a Saturday, apply cardboard skin and tuft test on Sunday, and have the frame welded together on Monday. A fiberglass skin would certainly be preferable, and maybe I'll build one, piece by piece, but coroplast will suffice until I do that.

If I don't finish by that Sunday evening, the frame will be removed and the original bumper and taillights will be put back in place.
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